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117In section 321 (warrants of apprehension and search)—
(a)in subsection (1), the words “Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 or in” shall cease to have effect;
(b)in subsection (3), the words “either by way of trial or by way of remit to another court” shall cease to have effect;
(c)in subsection (5), for the words from “the date” to the end there shall be substituted—
“(a)the date fixed for the hearing of the case; or
(b)the date when security to the amount fixed under subsection (6) below is found,
whichever is the earlier.” ; and
(d)after subsection (5), there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(6)A witness apprehended under a warrant under section 320 of this Act shall, wherever practicable, be brought immediately by the officer of law who executed that warrant before a justice, who shall fix such sum as he considers appropriate as security for the appearance of the witness at all diets.”.
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